IISER Bhopal designs affordable oxygen concentrator IISER Bhopal designs affordable oxygen concentrator 26 April 2021 | News The developed device is capable of providing 93% – 95% of oxygen up to 3 lit/min of flow rate and costs less than Rs 20000 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal Innovators have developed a one-of-its-kind oxygen concentrator - Oxycon, to bring a solution to tackle the oxygen shortage crisis amid the second wave of COVID-19. Appreciating the innovators’ efforts Prof. Siva Umapathy, Director, IISER Bhopal, said, “The device Oxycon has been developed using the open-source technology and material that has helped us to develop the device at low cost, and therefore once approved, it can be used anywhere from small villages to big cities due to its affordability.”